How to fix Devils

Created by: JeffGorton

Team: 2024-25 New Jersey Devils

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 2, 2024

Published: Mar. 2, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Mercer, Dawson		3	$3,000,000
Xhekaj, Arber		2	$1,250,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Toffoli, Tyler	6	$6,000,000
Stamkos, Steven	3	$7,000,000
Olofsson, Fredrik	1	$1,000,000
MacDermid, Kurtis	1	$1,000,000

Trades

NJD

Armia, Joel ($1,700,000 retained)
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël
Xhekaj, Arber [RFA Rights]
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)

MTL

Holtz, Alexander

NJD

Saros, Juuse

NSH

Bahl, Kevin
Palat, Ondrej
Stillman, Chase
2025 1st round pick (NJD)
2026 2nd round pick (NJD)

Recapture Fees

Ilya Kovalchuk: $250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,500,000	$88,307,230	$1,538,897	$5,100,000	-$807,230

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Meier, Timo $8,800,000$8,800,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 7	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 6	Bratt, Jesper $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Stamkos, Steven $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C UFA	Hischier, Nico $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Toffoli, Tyler $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Armia, Joel $1,700,000$1,700,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Haula, Erik $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 2	Mercer, Dawson $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, C RFA
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Lazar, Curtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, C UFA - 1	Bastian, Nathan $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Siegenthaler, Jonas $3,400,000$3,400,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Hamilton, Dougie $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Saros, Juuse $5,000,000$5,000,000 G UFA - 1
Hughes, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($1,850,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 1	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Vanecek, Vitek $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 1
Xhekaj, Arber $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD RFA	Nemec, Simon $918,333$918,333 ($3,250,000$3M) RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Olofsson, Fredrik $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW UFA
MacDermid, Kurtis $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD, LW UFA

Top Comments

Mar. 2 at 3:00 a.m.

mv21227

Joined: Jul. 2020

Posts: 10,104

Likes: 9,359

Trading Holtz for a package of mid pieces doesn’t really help them

dgibb10 liked this.

Mar. 2 at 3:09 a.m.

BrodeurBro30

Joined: Jan. 2023

Posts: 353

Likes: 169

I don’t think Nashville would accept that trade. I think the Preds want an elite prospect or young player along with the pick and no cap dumps on the return (ideally). For the Holtz to MTL mock trade, I don’t know how to feel about this trade. I think it’s creative, but if Devils are going to shop Holtz, they’ll want to get an elite asset for Holtz, not quantity.

Mar. 2 at 3:25 a.m.

JeffGorton

Jeff Gorton

Joined: Oct. 2020

Posts: 2,218

Likes: 523

Quoting: BrodeurBro30

Hes got 1 year left and was bad this year. Getting a 1st for him is a miracle

And Holtz is gonna be a 23 year "Bust" if they continue playing him in the bottom 6, which it looks like they will. Getting 3 depth pieces is best case for them

Mar. 2 at 4:13 a.m.

ohmyjlord

Joined: Sep. 2017

Posts: 611

Likes: 498

As intriguing of a gamble Holtz would be, MTL isn't giving up that much for him.

Shanesaw9 and BubbleGumPlant liked this.

Mar. 2 at 6:36 a.m.

jonh514

HuGo is a Boss GM

Joined: Dec. 2021

Posts: 6,961

Likes: 3,043

Something scary about 1st rounders picked 7th overall... Is it just me or do they fail to live up to expectations more than other positions in the top 10?

See All

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES